Feature Comparison
The table below highlights the key differences between the OpenHands Agent Canvas and OpenHands Cloud / Enterprise offerings.| Feature | Agent Canvas (Local Backend) | Agent Canvas (VM Backend) | OpenHands Cloud (Hosted) | OpenHands Enterprise (Self-hosted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORE | ||||
| Works on your local projects | ✓ | — | — | — |
| One-off agents | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secrets, MCP, skills | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LLM Profiles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AUTOMATIONS | ||||
| Scheduled automations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polling automations (w/ conditional logic) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event-driven automations | — | ✓ VM must be reachable | ✓ | ✓ |
| SANDBOXING & SCALE | ||||
| Isolated sandboxes | — | On Roadmap | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scalable, always-on agents | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| INTEGRATIONS & ADMIN | ||||
| Use OpenHands in Slack, GitHub, GitLab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click integrations | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Authentication & authorization | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Role-based access control | — | — | ✓ | ✓ Keycloak |
| Multi-user organizations | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enforce default LLMs | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| ENTERPRISE | ||||
| SAML | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Custom runtime images | — | — | — | ✓ |
| LLM gateway & budgeting | — | — | — | ✓ LiteLLM |
| Observability | — | — | — | ✓ Laminar |
| Plugin marketplace | — | — | — | ✓ |
| License | Open Source | Open Source | Commercial SaaS | Commercial |
When to Choose Each Option
OpenHands Agent Canvas
The OpenHands Agent Canvas is ideal for:- Individual developers exploring AI-assisted coding
- Small teams with basic requirements
- Self-hosted environments where you manage your own infrastructure
- Running OpenHands locally on your own machine using the Agent Canvas
OpenHands Enterprise
OpenHands Enterprise is the right choice when you need:- Multi-use RBAC — Manage multiple users from a single platform
- Platform integrations — Invoke OpenHands directly from Slack, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
- Scalability — Run unlimited parallel agent conversations without local resource constraints
- Enterprise security — SAML authentication, RBAC, and centralized audit logs
- Usage Monitoring — Track and enforce budgets; monitor usage across all users
Getting Started
Try Agent Canvas
Get started with OpenHands on your local machine using Docker or the CLI launcher.
Contact Enterprise Sales
Discuss your organization’s requirements and get a customized deployment plan for OpenHands Enterprise.